Not a single day passes by without the television or the print media talking about global warming or the state of the world's economy (the rise and fall in the price of oil). Search for alternative energy has become the Gold Rush of the modern times. People of every shapes and sizes right from Al Gore to my old college science professor have drilled into me this soundbyte about a doomsday scenario of cars and factories destroying Earth and basically driving us into oblivion. What if there is a car that does not pollute and runs on clean energy ? Is that possible. Well, the answer, dear readers is yes.
A Japanese company by the name of Genepax has being showing off a prototype car that runs completely on water and looks like this.
Granted this is a prototype and all, but the size constraints mean that it will take a number of years before it gets mainstream acceptance especially from folks used to oil-guzzling SUVs. Still, this is very remarkable achievement. I managed to find this wonderful little video on Youtube, made by Reuters. It nicely explains the science and mechanism behind the 'water fuel'. Prices start at around ¥2,000,000 (US$18,522), but are expected to fall massively to ¥500,000 (US$4600) if they can get the car into mass production.
I now wonder what would a bottle of water cost if this takes off. :-X
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